Is California ready for these storms? (Los Angeles, San Diego: transplants, home, dangerous)

[CA4Now]

Be careful out there.

California braces for flooding and mountain snow from pair of storms
A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded north of San Francisco, and the state activated its emergency operations center as two "atmospheric river" events were set to hit:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather...ins-rcna136487

"As a series of major winter storms sweep over the West Coast this week, anxious Californians are looking back at the flash floods and the “thousand-year” deluge that shocked San Diego a week ago, and Oxnard a few weeks earlier, wondering what’s in store.

Starting Tuesday night, and then again on Sunday, two “atmospheric river” systems will bring high winds and heavy rain to Northern California, along with at least two feet of snow in the Sierra, followed by moderate to heavy rains in Central and Southern California, with a real risk of local flooding. And there are still at least two months of our wet season to go."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...lood-rain-snow

[saibot]

You need to be following an accurate weather forecaster. I recommend Southern California Weather Force.

No worries; a pair of wet storms are passing through and there may well be some local flooding, but we're not going to have another year of record rain like last year. Just average rainfall.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by saibot

You need to be following an accurate weather forecaster.

"The first storm was expected to wallop the northern part of the state beginning Wednesday, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple flood advisories, winter storm and high wind warnings across the state through at least Friday...

...The second storm system, aimed with a particular ferocity toward Southern California, is “the one we’re more concerned about,” Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the state’s Office of Emergency Services, said at a news conference Wednesday morning. It is warmer — allowing it to pack more water — and is expected to move slower, which can leave particular regions inundated. Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego could be in for massive amounts of rain. The mountains east of Los Angeles could face heavy snow.

“Storm No. 1 will be significant and is notable, but won’t bring extreme impacts anywhere,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain..."

We haven't gotten to storm #2.

[sav858]

The LAT is so dramatic. It hasn't even been that wet of a rainy season so we're in a much better position at this point than last year. Snowpack is sill well below normal. Like pretty much every other time, most of what damage occurs will be very localized in the usual spots.

[Kings Gambit]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Be careful out there.

Is California ready for these storms?

Yeah, I think so. Its just that those people who moved here from other parts of the country are NOT ready for it. Mainly because they are ignorant to the fact that due to us not getting a lot of rain or bad weather here, our roads get EXTREMELY dangerous when there is rain. This is due to the fact that when it rains HERE, it brings up a lot of oil that is on our roads that makes it a LOT more dangerous than their mid western po-dunk areas of origin where they are used to driving. This is one of the first things they teach here in LA when enrolled in a motorcycle driving course. First rain in a long time really makes things slipper here in LA/CA. Transplants usually are unaware of this and think they can just drive like they did in their home towns.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

[i]"The first storm was expected to wallop the northern part of the state beginning Wednesday, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple flood advisories, winter storm and high wind warnings across the state through at least Friday...

I wasn't referring to the current storms. Anyone with half a brain could have seen them coming. My comment was directed to the LAT’s slightly hysterical-sounding "And there are still at least two months of our wet season to go! "

There is no need for anyone to panic that we are going to have a series of biblically-proportioned storms in the next few months. That is not in the forecast.

By the way, I drove down to Laguna Beach and back this morning (toll road 243 to 133 to Laguna Canyon Road) and passed three accidents along the way, with spun out vehicles facing the opposite direction. And my informal poll was that although it was raining hard the whole time, visibility was poor, and the streets were soaked, about one out of four cars did not have their headlights on (this included one of the patrol cars I saw). As they drove along sending up sheets of water on either side, they were virtually invisible. What is wrong with people??

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by saibot

I wasn't referring to the current storms.

I wasn't, either. You said, "You need to be following an accurate weather forecaster."

Originally Posted by saibot

Anyone with half a brain could have seen them coming.

Apparently these people didn't. Flooding can happen quickly.

https://twitter.com/MekahloNBCLA/sta...48266538217763

[1AngryTaxPayer]

If Govt did their jobs, and kept drainage clear of obstruction we could have handled it easily. But, they didn't .

[Simpleton1989]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

If Govt did their jobs, and kept drainage clear of obstruction we could have handled it easily. But, they didn't .

Do they ever? They are bums!

[JGC97]

We got a good rain today. No high winds, though. That would have been bad. Snowing in the Sierra (that's nice to see). Sunday's supposed to be a doozy, though. Heavy rain and wind gust 50+ mph and lots and lots and lots of snow in the mountains. Yay! Some flood risk in parts but right now it's classified as moderate. As long as we don't receive three inches in an hour, it should be okay. So far, it's been a nice winter and this morning that weird little rodent said Spring is coming early. I don't know. He's been wrong before.